> > Even if its true that IBM copied SCO's SMP code > > into linux its just a matter of time before that > > code is scraped and someone writes something else. > > > Yes, but that does not take away liability for past > offences. This is like saying "If SCO catches me > stealing, I can always work > honestly".
where is the proof that SCO's close sourse didn't came from open source Linux code. to me SCO seems to be a frontend of Redmond and if it is not so ,atleast soemway inspired from Redmond. regarding possibilities of SCO's actions towards the companies that use Linux, They just want to put salt on Linux wounds as their case againt IBM is heading nowhere. so the only way for them is to go behind user rather, if user is in trouble then ofcourse service provider is in trouble. They want to gain by putting unrest in Linux community. yes! this will make things slow. as gartner said best approach for companies during this time of crises would be wait and watch rather than rushing to SCO, just a bit of delaying Linux implementations will do better things or better no need to slow down things. SCO is just acting like a 'Goonda' attempting to extort funds from the Linux users without proving its claims in ways that allow users to respond. Getting in agreement with SCO just because of allegations rather than facts would be most stupid thing. Linus himself said recetly "Well, you would be crazy not to have concerns about lawsuits going forward because, first, it is a lawsuit and it could drag on forever. So I am concerned. But at the same time, I am personally convinced that the Linux development model itself, which is all about openness, means you have very good visibility into exactly what is happening. We don't have a paper trail, but we have an incredibly detailed electronic trail. But if something turns out to have been improper, which I think will be fairly unlikely, we already have a better system in place than any proprietary system has ever had in terms of being able to figure out what happened in a certain case. I think we already have a very good development model for handling IP issues. Besides, if you read the SCO/IBM lawsuit, it isn't about IP issues at all. It's very clearly about contracts. All the IP noises were just that. They had nothing to do with the lawsuit" In redhat words " "We have full confidence in our code, so we don't feel this license is necessary for anybody," said Red Hat spokeswoman Leigh Day. "It's just another tactic in this battle that they've waged through the media. It's just a distraction." what FSF or somebody like that can do at the moment is "SUE SCO Over adopting unethical practicies", either show us trouble code immediately or pay to FSF". regards, Puneet --- "Sanjeev \"Ghane\" Gupta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday, July 28, 2003 9:21 PM [GMT+0800=SGT], > Spoonman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As of now SCO is only targeting distributors of > linux. > > And they have a problem only with the SMP part of > the > > kernel. > > > > Normal users running non-SMP boxes should not be > affected > > anyway I guess. > > You guess wrong. If you have copied SMP code > belonging to SCO, the > fact that you did not use it, or made no money from > it, will not > protect you. > > You may get away with lower damages paid to SCO, but > you are still > guilty. > > > Its happening exactly as before "freebsd in the > midst of a > > legal battle" and people choosing linux for > development. > > Huh? When was this? > > > Even if its true that IBM copied SCO's SMP code > into > > linux its just a matter of time before that code > is scraped > > and someone writes something else. > > Yes, but that does not take away liability for past > offences. This is > like saying > "If SCO catches me stealing, I can always work > honestly". > > > But, I dont take it as lightly as Raju does. > > Raj cut his teeth on Unix'es. To him, the "freedom" > of Linux is more > important than the fact the does not pay for it. > And he could get a > job anyday administring any Unix variant, so perhaps > he is less > concerned than us "specialised Linux" folks. ;-) > > -- > Sanjeev > > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
